High Altitude Airship - A rendering of an air craft flying over the earth

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High Altitude Airship - A rendering of an air craft flying over the earth

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The major objective of the Airship Technology program is to design and produce a lighter-than-air High Altitude Airship (HAA) prototype to demonstrate the feasibility and potential military utility of an unmanned, untethered, gas-filled solar-powered airship. The prototype airship and support facility will become part of the BMDS Test Bed following its successful demonstration in 2006 and will be used for communications, weather/environmental monitoring, missile warning, and target surveillance/acquisition.

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airships in paintings

artists impressions of aircraft

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high resolution